Mr. Mohammad Poorsartep is currently Manager-AV Integration & Test at Lyft. He was previously Manager-Advanced Engineering Research at Valeo and prior to this Scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Re-search Institute where he also served as Project Manager for TTI's Connected Transportation Initiative. In this position, he led TTI's activities further into the emerging areas of automated and autonomous vehicles technology. Mr. Poorsartep has extensive back-ground in working with construction, telecommunications, automotive, and defense indus-tries. Prior to his current position, he worked for University of Michigan as a project manager where he led the activities of the Connected Vehicle Proving Center (CVPC) in conducting research projects sponsored by automotive manufacturers and suppliers, Department of Transportation, Department of Defense, and more.